Albert Ennion Groucott "Dusty" Rhodes (10 October 1916 - 17 October 1983) was an English cricket

Cricket

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er who played first class cricket for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 and MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 between 1937 and 1954 and was also a Test match

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 umpire.

Rhodes was born at Tintwistle

Tintwistle

Tintwistle is a village and civil parish in the High Peak district of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,401. The village is just north of Glossop at the lower end of Longdendale Valley...

, Cheshire

Cheshire

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. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1937 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1937

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1937 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty six years. It was their thirty-ninth season in the County Championship and they came third after winning the Championship in 1936....

 against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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 in May in a match which saw the fall of only one wicket before being concluded as a draw. Later in the season he took 6 for 38 against Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

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. In the 1938 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1938

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 he scored 107 not out against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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 and took two 5-wicket overs. After an uneventful season in 1939

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1939

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1939 was the last cricket season before World War II, when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixty-eight years...

, Rhodes peak career was interrupted by the Second World War

World War II

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. In the 1946 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1946

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 he took 7 for 109 against Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

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 and achieved three more five wicket innings. In the 1947 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1947

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1947 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-six years. It was their forty-third season in the County Championship and they won twelve matches and lost ten to finish fifth in the County Championship.-1947...

 he achieved his best bowling performance of 8 for 162 against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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 and four more 5 wicket innings. In the 1948 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1948

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 he scored 105 not out against Hampshire

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 and took two five wicket innings. He made his top score of 127 against Somerset and 126 against Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1949 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1949

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 and took two 5 wicket innings including 7 for 114 against Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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. In the 1950 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1950

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1950 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventy-nine years. It was their forty-sixth season in the County Championship and they won eight matches in the County Championship to finish in fifth place.-1950...

 he took six 5 wicket innings including 7 for 68 against Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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 and in the 1951 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1951

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1951 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty years. It was their forty-seventh season in the County Championship and they won five matches and lost seven to finish eleventh in the County Championship.-1951 season:Guy...

 had four 5 wicket innings including 7 for 56 against Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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. He toured India with MCC in 1951/52 and in the 1952 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1952

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1952 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty one years. It was their forty-eighth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches and lost eight to finish fourth in the County Championship.-1952...

 took three five-wicket innings. He was down to three matches in 1953

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1953

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1953 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty two years. It was their fifty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won nine matches and lost seven to finish sixth in the County Championship.-1953...

 and 1954

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1954

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1954 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eighty-four years. It was their fiftieth season in the County Championship and they won eleven matches in the County Championship to finish in third place.-1954...

 before he left the first class game.

Rhodes was a right-hand batsman and played 422 innings in 275 first class matches to score 7363 runs with an average of 18.97. He scored with four centuries with a top score of 127. He took 661 first class wickets with his leg breaks at an average of 28.22, including a best performance of 8 for 162. Rhodes later joined the first class umpiring list, standing in 10 test matches between 1963 and 1973.

Rhodes died at Barlow, Derbyshire

Barlow, Derbyshire

Barlow is a village and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 884. The village is about three miles north-west of Chesterfield....

 at the age of 67. He was the father of fast bowler

Fast bowling

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 Harold Rhodes

Harold Rhodes (cricketer)

Harold James Rhodes, sometimes called Dusty Rhodes is an English former cricketer, who played for England in 1959, for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975, and for the MCC between 1959 and 1963...

, also nicknamed Dusty.